Little Sizi came to my house and became the family's darling, and Li Shimin got anxious.

Empress Zhangsun walked to Princess Gaoyang's side, reached out and tidied her slightly disheveled hair, and gently gave her some instructions.

"Gao Yang, you are still young and should not drive alone."

Princess Gaoyang's excitement visibly faded, and she pouted in grievance.

"Can't it be driven? Then what's the point of leaving it parked?"

Upon hearing this, the little princess replied in a very serious tone.

"Let's save it until it grows up and then open it."

Princess Gaoyang rolled her eyes.

"Leaving a car that can't be driven in the yard as decoration is a complete waste of resources."

The little princess stood with her hands on her hips, puffing out her cheeks, and stood on tiptoe, trying to make herself a little bit taller.

"They'll grow up so fast!"

"Wait until you grow up, that will take a long time."

"Sizi is right. Saving things for future use is not a waste." Princess Lanling glanced at Gaoyang. "But keeping them unused and not being able to use them are two different things."

She was only seven or eight years old when she said this, but she had a calm demeanor like a little adult.

Gao Yang was speechless for a moment. He wanted to retort but couldn't find the words, so he just snorted and turned away, ignoring everyone.

Li Yinxun listened from the side and couldn't help but laugh, reaching out to rub Sizi's head.

"You two little girls, why do you talk like little adults?"

The little princess tiptoed as high as she could.

"He's about three years older, not a child anymore."

Li Yinxun raised an eyebrow, a mischievous smile playing on her lips.

"The adult needs to sleep, eat, and bathe by himself; he doesn't need his aunt to accompany him."

"I'm still a child..."

The little princess clung tightly to Li Yinxun's leg, rubbing against him playfully.

"I don't want to grow up, I want my aunt."

Li Yinxun kissed her on the cheek.

"Okay, okay, you're just a kid."

Lanling stood to the side, covering her mouth with the back of her hand, her shoulders trembling slightly, clearly trying to suppress a laugh.

Li Yinxun noticed and turned her head to look at her.

"Lanling, what are you laughing at?"

Lanling withdrew her smile, reverting to her composed demeanor, and shook her head.

"It's nothing."

Li Yinxun looked her over a few times and found the child more and more interesting.

At the same age, the little princess was brightly innocent, Gao Yang was hot-bloodedly impatient, but Lan Ling seemed to be several years older than them, speaking and acting with maturity and composure, without a trace of childish impetuosity.

"Lanling, why are you different from the other children?" Li Yinxun asked curiously, "How can you be so composed at such a young age?"

Lanling thought about it carefully before slowly speaking.

"Who says children have to be innocent and carefree? Who is it? Tell me who it is."

Princess Qinghe added from the side, "Lanling is exceptionally intelligent. She never needs anyone to help her learn to read and write. While her sisters are still practicing calligraphy, she can already read the entire text."

Li Yin became interested: "So what books do you usually read?"

Lanling lowered his head slightly. "Feng shui classics say that Kunlun is the ancestral mountain, the three dragons enter the formation, mountains govern the people and water governs the wealth, and that hiding the wind and gathering qi and obtaining water is the best... But all of these are just on paper."

A hint of longing rose in her voice, "I want to see for myself what real mountains and rivers really look like."

Li Yinxun looked at the child in front of her who was so calm and collected at such a young age and was slightly touched.

read more, walk more.

This principle applies to any era, but some women in the Tang Dynasty may never have even stepped out of their mansion gates from childhood to adulthood.

"Lanling, how about this, I'll take you sightseeing."

The little princess pricked up her ears, looking completely bewildered.

"Auntie, what is tourism?"

"It's just going out to have fun," Li Yinxun put it more simply, "going to other places, seeing beautiful scenery, eating delicious food, and walking roads I've never been before."

The little princess's eyes lit up. "I want to go too!"

Li Yinxun chuckled and pinched her cheek: "Where are you going? You can't even walk steadily."

"That's great!" the little princess exclaimed, stamping her short legs twice to prove it. "I want to go too!"

The commotion spread.

Gao Yang, Li Lizhi, Yu Zhang, and Cheng Yang all gathered around, bombarding them with questions.

"A trip? Where to?"

"When are you going?"

"Can I go too?"

"Oh, so you're trying to kidnap my daughter?"

A smiling voice came from behind the crowd.

Everyone turned their heads and saw Li Shimin walking towards them with his hands behind his back, followed by several eunuchs.

He had obviously come to check on the news of a large number of new cars entering the palace and happened to witness this scene.

The princesses fell silent and bowed their heads in greeting.

The little princess, however, was completely unafraid. She released Li Yinxun's hand and ran to Li Shimin's side.

"Auntie said she's taking the nest on a trip!"

Li Shimin picked up the little princess and walked towards Empress Zhangsun.

"A trip? You certainly know how to arrange things. You've just kidnapped my daughter like that?"

Li Yinxun cupped his hands in a playful manner.

"Brother-in-law, you're innocent! I'm your aunt, it's only natural for me to take my nephew out to play, it doesn't count as kidnapping."

"Hmph." Li Shimin snorted lightly, his gaze sweeping over the group of princesses who were staring at him expectantly, but his tone softened unconsciously.

"Traveling is fine, I want to go too."

The entire room fell silent.

Li Yinxun blinked: "...Huh?"

"What? You're allowed to take them out, but I'm not?" Li Shimin said matter-of-factly. "What kind of behavior is it for a group of children to go out without an elder to look after them?"

Li Yinxun's lips twitched.

"I want to go too!"

Another voice came from behind the crowd.

Everyone turned their heads again, and Li Yuan had arrived at some point, walking over quickly.

"You're all going, but not me? If you don't take me, I'll move to your villa tomorrow and sit in front of it, bothering you every day." Li Yuan was becoming more and more shameless.

Li Yinxun: "..."

The princesses exchanged glances, their eyes brimming with barely suppressed laughter.

Both Grandpa and Grandpa were tempted; who wouldn't want to go out for a walk to clear their head?

Li Yinxun sighed helplessly.

"Who takes their elders on a trip with their kids? I certainly don't like it when elders come along where I'm from."

"Why not?" Li Shimin retorted without hesitation, "It's only natural for parents to accompany and care for their children."

Li Yinxun looked at the father and son, then at the group of expectant princesses, and completely gave up resisting.

"Fine," she said, raising her hands in surrender. "Go, all of you."

As soon as the words were spoken, the little princess cheered first, Chengyang clapped his hands, Gaoyang jumped up excitedly, and even Lanling's lips curved into a smile.

"However," Li Yinxun held up one finger, "let's make it clear first, there's a condition for going out to play."

The crowd quieted down, waiting for her to continue.

"Would you like to travel within the Tang Dynasty's borders, or to my world?"

This question doesn't require thinking.

"modern!"

They spoke in unison, without hesitation.

Li Shimin and Li Yuan exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with the same keen interest.

The little princess was so excited that she jumped up and down on the spot, tugging at Li Yinxun's trouser leg and shouting.

"Yay, let's go play!"